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A security officer looks out the doors of the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 15, 2018. (Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images) Trump sends Pompeo 'immediately' to meet Saudi king over missing journalist President Trump said that the Saudi king "denies any knowledge" of what may have happened to Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi who disappeared after entering the Saudi Consulate on Oct. 2 in Turkey. Trump suggested that there could have been "rogue killers." By Kareem Fahim, John Wagner and Souad Mekhennet  •  Read more » The Fix | Analysis 6 takeaways from Trump's '60 Minutes' interview President Trump sat down this weekend for what is an increasingly rare thing: A non-Fox News, non-conservative interviewer peppering him with questions in a full-length interview. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Analysis 'Fox & Friends' hosts take issue with Lesley Stahl's interview President Trump is challenged during a television interview in real time. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   'I wouldn't go to your work and flip you off': CNN's Jim Acosta engages Trump Nation The network's White House reporter is the man they love to hate at the president's rallies. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   'Hyperalarming' study shows dramatic loss of insects in pristine American tropical forest A new report suggests the decline in invertebrate populations is more widespread than scientists realized. Huge numbers of bugs have been lost in a pristine national forest in Puerto Rico, the study found, and the forest's insect-eating animals have gone missing, too. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Capital Weather Gang Hurricane Michael's devastating wind damage is reminiscent of Andrew in 1992 Like Hurricane Andrew, the most recent storm to hit Florida intensified ahead of landfall and its winds unleashed tornado-like damage along a narrow path. By Matthew Cappucci  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Trump, first lady tour parts of Florida, Georgia devastated by Michael At a FEMA aid distribution center in Lynn Haven, Fla., before handing out water bottles alongside his wife, the president described the damage caused by the storm that killed more than a dozen people after it made landfall last week. "These are massive trees that have been just ripped out of the earth," Trump said.  By Felicia Sonmez, Seung Min Kim and Patricia Sullivan  •  Read more »   Warren releases DNA test suggesting distant Native American ancestor Sen. Elizabeth Warren's action, meant to push back against critics, comes as she prepares for a possible 2020 Democratic presidential bid. By John Wagner  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Mitt Romney's latest attempt to backtrack on Trump tells us what to expect from him in the Senate Even one of the president's former top critics has come to accept that the Republican Party is Trump's party. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT All we know about the White House portrait of Trump drinking Diet Coke with Abraham Lincoln The portrait was shown hanging in President Trump's personal dining room during his "60 Minutes" interview, and the freeze frame instantly went viral. By Avi Selk  •  Read more »   As cities and the hotel industry struggle to curb Airbnb, voters are pushing back The explosive growth of short-term rentals has spawned political contests that highlight the difficulty of managing a disruptive new industry. By Robert McCartney  •  Read more »   Meghan and Harry's baby will not automatically be a prince or princess. Here's why. Back in 1917, Prince Harry's great-great-grandfather decided to limit the titles of members of the royal family. By Jennifer Hassan  •  Read more »   Archaeologists find 'vampire burial' site of a child feared capable of rising from the dead The discovery offers a glimpse into a terrified society swept by a deadly disease — which archaeologists say may have paved the way for the end of the Roman Empire. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »

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